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(Editing, History): Add cross-references to the 

included Readline and History user documentation.  Remove
references to the symbol have-readline-appendices which is unused
and undefined.
(History): Fix indexing.
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2004-10-08 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
* gdb.texinfo (Editing, History): Add cross-references to the
included Readline and History user documentation. Remove
references to the symbol have-readline-appendices which is unused
and undefined.
(History): Fix indexing.
2004-10-08 Jeff Johnston <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
* gdbint.texinfo (target_stopped_data_address): Update to

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@cindex readline
@cindex command line editing
@value{GDBN} reads its input commands via the @dfn{readline} interface. This
@value{GDBN} reads its input commands via the @dfn{Readline} interface. This
@sc{gnu} library provides consistent behavior for programs which provide a
command line interface to the user. Advantages are @sc{gnu} Emacs-style
or @dfn{vi}-style inline editing of commands, @code{csh}-like history
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Show whether command line editing is enabled.
@end table
@xref{Command Line Editing}, for more details about the Readline
interface. Users unfamiliar with @sc{gnu} Emacs or @code{vi} are
encouraged to read that chapter.
@node History
@section Command history
@cindex command history
@value{GDBN} can keep track of the commands you type during your
debugging sessions, so that you can be certain of precisely what
happened. Use these commands to manage the @value{GDBN} command
history facility.
@value{GDBN} uses the @sc{gnu} History library, a part of the Readline
package, to provide the history facility. @xref{Using History
Interactively}, for the detailed description of the History library.
Here is the description of @value{GDBN} commands related to command
history.
@table @code
@cindex history substitution
@cindex history file
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@code{HISTSIZE}, or to 256 if this variable is not set.
@end table
@cindex history expansion
History expansion assigns special meaning to the character @kbd{!}.
@ifset have-readline-appendices
@xref{Event Designators}.
@end ifset
@xref{Event Designators}, for more details.
@cindex history expansion, turn on/off
Since @kbd{!} is also the logical not operator in C, history expansion
is off by default. If you decide to enable history expansion with the
@code{set history expansion on} command, you may sometimes need to
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@table @code
@item set history expansion on
@itemx set history expansion
@cindex history expansion
@kindex set history expansion
Enable history expansion. History expansion is off by default.
@item set history expansion off
Disable history expansion.
The readline code comes with more complete documentation of
editing and history expansion features. Users unfamiliar with @sc{gnu} Emacs
or @code{vi} may wish to read it.
@ifset have-readline-appendices
@xref{Command Line Editing}.
@end ifset
@c @group
@kindex show history
@item show history